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    <news_item url="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/gmac-widens-loss-amid-weak-credit-markets/">
      <section>Business</section>
      <subsection>Dealbook</subsection>
      <headline>GMAC Widens Loss Amid Weak Credit Markets</headline>
      <summary>GMAC Financial Services, the largest financier of General Motors vehicles, said Tuesday its lost more money in the first quarter than a year ago as the troubled home and automotive loan markets continued to weigh on results. </summary>
      <byline>By DealBook</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>243</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 12:04:53</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 12:04:53</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
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      <blog_name>DealBook</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://maplewood.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/today-on-the-fridge-birthday-plans/">
      <section>N.Y./Region</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Today on the Fridge - Birthday Plans</headline>
      <summary>Appearing today on the virtual refrigerator, Birthday Plans by Leila Allebe. </summary>
      <byline>By Tina Kelley</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>245</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 12:04:41</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 12:04:41</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <blog_name>The Local - Maplewood</blog_name>
      <media></media>
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    <news_item url="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/a-swinish-proposal/">
      <section>Style</section>
      <subsection><![CDATA[Dining & Wine]]></subsection>
      <headline>A Swinish Proposal</headline>
      <summary>A proposal to eat pork in the face of swine flu fears. </summary>
      <byline>By Indrani Sen</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>37</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 12:03:33</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 12:03:33</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <blog_name>Diner's Journal</blog_name>
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    <news_item url="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/sports/06leading.html">
      <section>Sports</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Ovechkin Continues to Awe the N.H.L.</headline>
      <summary>Paying due homage to Sesame Street, our star of the day, Alex Ovechkin, is not a Muppet but probably should be, just for being the most kid-in-a-candy-store-exuberant player in sports.</summary>
      <byline>By LYNN ZINSER</byline>
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      <type>Article</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 12:00:57</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 12:00:57</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-06</pubdate>
      <subtype>News</subtype>
      <kicker>Leading Off</kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms>Hockey, Ice</terms>
      <organizations>Washington Capitals</organizations>
      <people>Ovechkin, Alexander</people>
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      <categories_tags>Ovechkin, Alexander;Hockey, Ice;Washington Capitals</categories_tags>
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          <caption>Alex Ovechkin tossing a puck into the crowd at the end of Game 2 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. </caption>
          <copyright>Jim Young/Reuters</copyright>
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    <news_item url="http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/ma-mitavanim/">
      <section>Opinion</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Ma Mitavanim</headline>
      <summary>The Farsi phrase for "we can" - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's (curiously familiar) re-election slogan. </summary>
      <byline>By Ben Schott</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>261</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 12:00:48</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 12:00:48</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <blog_name>Schott's Vocab</blog_name>
      <media></media>
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    <news_item url="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/nutrition/05recipehealth.html">
      <section>Health</section>
      <subsection><![CDATA[Fitness & Nutrition]]></subsection>
      <headline>Tuna Ceviche or Tartare With Avocado</headline>
      <summary>A classic ceviche can be made into a tuna tartare, as well.</summary>
      <byline>By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN</byline>
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      <type>Article</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:55:08</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:55:08</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype>Recipe</subtype>
      <kicker>Recipes for Health</kicker>
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      <terms>Avocados;Recipes;Tuna;Cooking and Cookbooks;Diet and Nutrition;Medicine and Health</terms>
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          <suggested_link_text>Tomato and Avocado Salsa</suggested_link_text>
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          <suggested_link_text>Avocado Gazpacho</suggested_link_text>
          <url>http://www.nytimes.com/science/07recipehealth.html</url>
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          <suggested_link_text>Guacamole and Middle Eastern Avocado Puree</suggested_link_text>
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          <suggested_link_text>Avocados: &#x2018;Poor Man&#x2019;s Butter&#x2019; No More</suggested_link_text>
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      <categories_tags>Recipes;Avocados;Tuna;Cooking and Cookbooks;Diet and Nutrition;Medicine and Health</categories_tags>
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          <copyright>Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times</copyright>
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    <news_item url="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/womens-commission-member-under-fire/">
      <section>N.Y. / Region</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Women's Commission Member Resigns Under Fire</headline>
      <summary>Betsy F. Perry, a marketing consultant, had come under fire for making disparaging comments about Mexico in an online article in The Huffington Post. </summary>
      <byline>By Fernanda Santos</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>58</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 12:01:43</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:41:08</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>City Room</blog_name>
      <media></media>
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    <news_item url="http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/white-house-steps-up-support-for-biofuels/">
      <section>Business</section>
      <subsection>Energy and Environment</subsection>
      <headline>White House Steps Up Support for Biofuels</headline>
      <summary>The White House made its first major statement on ethanol on Tuesday, mustering three Cabinet members to outline a plan to shield corn ethanol producers from the credit crisis. </summary>
      <byline>By Matthew L. Wald</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>43</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:48:47</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:35:05</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Green Inc.</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/first-blame-the-regulators/">
      <section>Business</section>
      <subsection>Economy</subsection>
      <headline>First, Blame the Regulators</headline>
      <summary>Robert Kuttner blames the financial crisis on "regulatory corruption." </summary>
      <byline>By Catherine Rampell </byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>26</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:33:58</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:33:58</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <people></people>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Economix</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/if-it-quacks-it-may-be-a-pig/">
      <section>N.Y. / Region</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>If It Quacks, It May Be a Pig</headline>
      <summary>Blogtalk: The fifth annual Duckathlon, the Tony Award nominees, considering the alternatives to living in the city and more New York links. </summary>
      <byline>By Daniel E. Slotnik</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>58</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:30:43</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:30:43</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
      <organizations></organizations>
      <people></people>
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      <blog_name>City Room</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/would-electric-cars-increase-property-values-on-noisy-streets/">
      <section>Opinion</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Would Electric Cars Increase Property Values on Noisy Streets?</headline>
      <summary>A reader named Tomas asks an interesting question:If electric cars became the dominant form of urban transport, would houses on main roads jump in value due to a decrease in noise?Of course Tomas's scenario may never come to pass, since quiet electric cars pose a danger to blind pedestrians. That's what the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement [...] </summary>
      <byline>By Stephen J. Dubner</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>113</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:27:51</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:27:51</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Freakonomics</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/in-target-tussle-a-store-becomes-a-battlefield/">
      <section>Business</section>
      <subsection>Dealbook</subsection>
      <headline>In Target Tussle, a Store Becomes a Battlefield</headline>
      <summary>Pershing Square Capital, which is in a proxy battle with Target, is expressing concerns about the retailer's decision to hold its annual meeting in an unfinished store in Wisconsin. </summary>
      <byline>By DealBook</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>243</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:32:42</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:22:07</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
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      <people></people>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>DealBook</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/shorts-and-longs/">
      <section>Business</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Shorts and Longs</headline>
      <summary>Does naked short-selling account for the trade in some stocks with very low prices? </summary>
      <byline>By Floyd Norris</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>50</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:21:30</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:21:30</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
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      <people></people>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Floyd Norris</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/the-morning-take-tue-may-5/">
      <section>Arts</section>
      <subsection>Movies</subsection>
      <headline>The Morning Take: Tue., May 5</headline>
      <summary>The Morning Take: Tue., May 5 </summary>
      <byline>By The Editors</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>95</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:16:43</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:16:43</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
      <organizations></organizations>
      <people></people>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Carpetbagger</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/pakistan-overshadows-afghanistan-on-us-agenda/">
      <section>U.S.</section>
      <subsection>Politics</subsection>
      <headline>Pakistan Overshadows Afghanistan on U.S. Agenda</headline>
      <summary>Important as Afghanistan is to the U.S., the events of the past few weeks focused American minds on the risks to Pakistan's stability. </summary>
      <byline>By David E. Sanger</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>5</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:10:47</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:10:47</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>The Caucus</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/the-derbys-top-10-television-markets/">
      <section>Sports</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>The Derby's Top 10 Television Markets</headline>
      <summary>The Kentucky Derby's top 10 television markets. </summary>
      <byline>By Joe Drape</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>56</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:09:11</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:08:57</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
      <organizations></organizations>
      <people></people>
      <locations></locations>
      <indexing_terms></indexing_terms>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>The Rail</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/print-on-demand-make-that-a-double/">
      <section>Opinion</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Print on Demand: Make That a Double</headline>
      <summary>As if you needed another reason to avoid the bookstore, you can now buy your book from an Espresso Book Machine, which prints and binds (albeit without flashy cover imagery, photos, etc.) your book of choice in just a few minutes. There are about five of them in the U.S., reports Publishers Weekly, and they [...] </summary>
      <byline>By Freakonomics</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>113</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:03:06</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 11:03:06</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
      <organizations></organizations>
      <people></people>
      <locations></locations>
      <indexing_terms></indexing_terms>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Freakonomics</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/multi-million-dollar-transfer-triangle/">
      <section>Sports</section>
      <subsection>Soccer</subsection>
      <headline>Multimillion-Dollar Transfer Triangle</headline>
      <summary>Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Ribery and Diego may all be trading places in the coming months. </summary>
      <byline>By Jeffrey Marcus</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>99</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:12:47</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 10:54:20</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
      <organizations></organizations>
      <people></people>
      <locations></locations>
      <indexing_terms></indexing_terms>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>Goal</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/a-post-script-on-churchill-obama-and-torture/">
      <section>U.S.</section>
      <subsection>Politics</subsection>
      <headline>A Post-Script on Churchill, Obama and Torture</headline>
      <summary>Given that the definitions and practices of brutal interrogation methods remain part of our modern-day debate, it seems worthwhile to revisit the remarks President Obama made during his about Winston Churchill's views on torture and gather some of the discussion that has ensued since then. </summary>
      <byline>By Kate Phillips</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>5</id>
      <type>Blog</type>
      <source>The New York Times</source>
      <updated>2009-05-05 11:35:56</updated>
      <created>2009-05-05 10:38:45</created>
      <pubdate>2009-05-05</pubdate>
      <subtype></subtype>
      <kicker></kicker>
      <subheadline></subheadline>
      <terms></terms>
      <organizations></organizations>
      <people></people>
      <locations></locations>
      <indexing_terms></indexing_terms>
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      <categories_tags></categories_tags>
      <blog_name>The Caucus</blog_name>
      <media></media>
    </news_item>
    <news_item url="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/lynch-could-return-as-us-attorney-in-brooklyn/">
      <section>N.Y. / Region</section>
      <subsection></subsection>
      <headline>Lynch Could Return as U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn</headline>
      <summary>Loretta E. Lynch was the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1999 to 2001. Senator Charles E. Schumer has recommended that she resume the job. </summary>
      <byline>By Sewell Chan</byline>
      <platform>nyt_blog</platform>
      <id>58</id>
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